The News Review:
- The Message Is Missing
- Tennessee slips farther in child health rankings
- Governor’s Line-Item Cuts Devastate California Health Care
The Message Is Missing
Washington Post
It represents a huge drain on our national economy. And it doesn’t even deliver particularly good results. ur health care system eats up roughly 16 percent of our GDP and yet America’s standing when it comes to over-all child well-being is no better than 20th in the world. In human terms newspapers and TV reports are filled with documented cases of lives destroyed or lost due to the hit-or-miss nature of the existing health care system. A case in point: In 2007 Mary tto of The Washington Post told the tragic story of a 12 year-old boy named Deamonte Driver of Prince George’s County Maryland who.
Tennessee slips farther in child health rankings
Chattanooga Times Free Press
Georgia fared only slightly better than Tennessee at 42nd in the country down from 40th the year before. According to the report Tennessee continues to struggle with issues of infant mortality and low birth weight. Diana Kreider maternal child health program manager with the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Health Department called the county’s infant mortality rate “a huge problem. According to the department’s own numbers Hamilton County’s infant mortality rate — defined as a child dying during its first year — was 11. 2 per 1000 births in 2009. The rate was nearly twice as high among black children. “Hamilton County is higher than the state rate the national rate and higher than many Third World country rates” she said.
Governor’s Line-Item Cuts Devastate California Health Care
California Progress Report
* An additional $25 million cut that would eliminate state funding for community clinics including Expanded Access to Primary Care. This is especially devastating when the number of uninsured are increasing partially due to other cuts. * An additional $12 million in cuts to Maternal Child and Adolescent Health local assistance programs including the Adolescent Family Life Program and the Black Infant Health program. * An additional $60 million in Medi-Cal county administration making it harder for California children parents seniors and people with disabilities to get on and stay on Medi-Cal coverage. ther human services cuts include:* An additional $80 million cut to funding for the Child Welfare Services Program which responds to reports of abuse and neglect. * An additional $50 million cut to funding for Regional Center services for children up to age 5 who have developmental disabilities. * An additional $40 million in cuts to In-Home Support Services (IHSS) home care further reducing eligibility.
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